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August 31, 2011

Generating Power

No my silly dear internets I’m not going to tell y’all how
much electricity the solar panels are producing, although they are…too bad we
are using soooo much of said electric power to run the AC. I mean really, it is
like way too hot here. At our house it was 109 degrees F. Oh the F, for my
other country dear internets, stands for Fahrenheit.

Ummm really this post is not about the solar, no it is about
the lack of electricity. So there we were all settled in to watch TV and some
UStream one bright and hot ozone laden afternoon… no it was more like evening
or dinner time, only I was so not going to cook. Cue windy digital music, y’all
know the kind it blows in and out sorta wavy like. Yes, well Beloved was
surfing and watching Two and Half Men. Baby Girl was sit/laying on the sofa
watching Beloved surf and watching the TV. I was sitting off to the side in my
comfy Cindy Crawford – lady stylish – rearback chair, watching Ustream and the
TV (I can sooo multitask) When all of a sudden the wind begin to twitch and the
cable began to pitch and my laptop screen dimed and I felt someone staring at
me and just how many times can I use the word and in one sentence. (laughter is
permitted) Then sorta all of a sudden again…

The generator kicked on. Hummm that’s funny I thought. I
looked over at Beloved and said, “Why is the generator coming on? Did the auto
run cycle get changed?” Really that is what I said. Beloved laughed and told
me, “No the lights went out.” Well bless my stars and stripes I was so In The
Zone I didn’t even realize it. Really I’m sure y’all understand…

There I was all comfy with ear buds in, chatting and
laughing at something I typed while watching ikerrilove stream. I suppose
because I have a little battery life and the phone line didn’t quit, well I never
missed a beat.

What? I didn’t tell ya? Yeah, y’all know how my beloved
likes projects, well he had this whole house generator installed back at the
end of June. It took a while as the contractor didn’t get permits before the
work and then they used the wrong kind of wire…Not really the “wrong” kind but
the type that is not allowed “Per Code” in our city. Once all that was taken
care of, we passed the final inspection and we recently we had our first true
test of success.

Beloved is determined that we will be okay if a hurricane
should come to Texas again. Speaking of hurricanes I’m glad my dear internets
up the East Coast are okay and I know that y’all are praying with me for the
quick and full recovery of all the states and Canada where Irene caused havoc.

And that leads me to surmise that I suppose y’all could say
we are prepared for disaster, well that is as long as we don’t get flooded.
Humm wonder if that is gonna be Beloved’s next project? Y’all know to build a
boat and now that makes me wonder too…what kind of permit will we need for
that?

Boy! Good job on getting that generator in, for sure! Wish we could afford one here as winter time is when we usually run the risk of a power loss -and a fairly extensive one too if the weather gets really nasty with too much snow and/or ice or freezing rain and the power lines go down! And I sure as heck do hate to be cold! Or without a way to cook which means, of course, to eat and sheesh, that also means no tv and no internet so yes, a generator sure would come in handy wouldn't it?

we just bought a generator thru amazon (sold out around here, thanks to irene). we did NOT lose power, but enough folks did, so we want to be prepared. we usually do lose power in storms, did so with isabel and the no-name hurricane, but we were spared this time because the tornado that burst through our 'hood 2 years ago took down the trees and we got new lines and all. small blessings, right? peace...

I have Internet n Power now! So much better than none! I sat up all night 3 entire nights alone in the dark reading by candlelight listening to talk radio. Wish I'd had your solar- generator set-up!Lucky you-

I had to not use the car-battery booster jumper with an ac plug-in for light to save for charging up the cell phone- cause house phone was out.

I'm still exhausted with all the work they used to do for this in the 18th century...